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KIRKIA

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Meaning:

Small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs

Synonyms:

genus Kirkia; Kirkia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Kirkia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Kirkia"):

Kirkia wilmsii; pepper tree (small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs)

Holonyms ("Kirkia" is a member of...):

family Simaroubaceae; quassia family; Simaroubaceae (chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit)

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